From Chief to Ball

"What if it's wrong?"

"If you make a mistake, just correct it. Self-justification, self-consistent theory, before finding loopholes, it is a world view. Just like the academy is still offering high rewards for people to solve the double cube problem, ruler and rule three equal parts Angle problem, etc., within the mathematical system, if it is impossible to use logical algebra to deduce this impossible, someone will always try, until one day people deduce this from logical algebra, which does not conform to the logic of mathematics, and this problem will not be solved. Self-defeating. I guess, nothing is permanent, so I never worry about these things being overthrown in the future, but it does explain a lot of things now."

Mr. Mu shook his head and said: "You are taking a shortcut. You don't want to argue with those people, and you directly use your business in Min County to forcefully promote your worldview. Over the past ten years, batch after batch of people who have influenced your worldview Children who grow up in the next year will regard the conjectures of the combination and decomposition of all particles and electricity as the basis for their understanding of the world."

"A hundred schools of thought contend, and there must always be one. I have not sealed the mouths of people in the world, nor have I blocked their verification and research hands. It is difficult to say right and wrong now, but at least now I can give a theory and basic explanation and there is no mistake for the time being. Sir, have you heard those people who came back from the voyage talk about the stories of a hundred schools of thought on the other side of the ocean? I just learned from those philosophers and taught my own disciples according to my own worldview. Is there only art but no way?"

Mr. Mu smiled and said: "Then you want to overthrow hundreds of schools of thought in chemistry, and only respect the theory of indestructible energy transformation of particulate electric matter? Anyway, in Fujian County, your Mo party is rich, powerful and powerful, and you have been exposed to this kind of theory since you were a child in the school. It’s good or bad. It’s good to be right, it can be said that you have taken a shortcut, but what if you are wrong? What if others follow your approach? My child, I don’t think your guesses and assumptions are wrong. It seems that it is also a feeling of sudden enlightenment... It's just that the process and procedure of this operation..."

After thinking for a while, Mr. Mu shook his head again and said with a wry smile: "Yes, what you said is right, nothing wrong with it. If it is true, those who oppose it can naturally debate, but the particles cannot be seen by the eyes, after all, they can only be determined by experiments. Going to verify."

"Sir, when a person is born, he is like a blank sheet of paper. What the world is like cannot be deduced by innate reason, but needs to be learned and instilled before he can think about it. What he observes is taken for granted. The way of heaven and earth hidden inside of course is summed up and deduced. Whether it is right or wrong can always be verified by observation and experiment. If there is something wrong, then naturally the foundation is wrong, and it is time to correct it. I always feel that it is a kind of progress to separate our subject from the natural history of observation and description, and this progress must have a basic point of view to understand the world. Whether the theory of particle electricity is right or wrong is just a description The summary of the complaint can just explain all of this, nothing more."

Mr. Mu stopped talking, looked down and read the edited "New Textbook of Combination and Decomposition", and felt the things he wanted to describe in the first thirty pages. It is a theoretical basis that is self-explanatory and supported by today's experimental results.

The tone of the book is based on particles and electricity, using the starry sky observed by the telescope and the gravitational solar system to make an easy-to-understand analogy.

Relying on the established experimental electrolysis technology and a concept of dialectical unity of the size of the universe, he made the basic concepts of junior high school chemistry that he knew in his previous life the Tao of the entire textbook, that is, the foundation.

Combination, decomposition, replacement, negative, positive, nuclei and electrons similar to the solar system... These can explain the basis of many problems at this time, so they appear in the textbooks, and Min County has already used them but the capital city has not yet approved textbooks.

When Mr. Mu saw Chen Jian's hypothesis of unifying electricity and particles, he couldn't help but say, "In this way, it can really explain a lot of problems. Electrolysis, combination, decomposition...at least it can be justified."

Chen Jian hurriedly said: "Sir, this is driven by the progress of other disciplines. The world in the narrow sense is connected by sailing ships; the world in the broad sense will also be connected by science. Without the means of making glass in our discipline, there is no There will be no telescopes; without telescopes, the satellites around the Tai Sui star will not be visible; without such astronomical models, I will not be able to inspire me to assume the appearance of particles. Similarly, from the electricity brought by the electrolysis of salt last time The craze has also inspired me a lot. And if there is no basis for hundreds of years of electric piles, these things are not acceptable to people; without a telescope to observe the system of stars intuitively, it is difficult for people to intuitively imagine the system of particles .”

Mr. Mu did not comment on Chen Jian's words, but said with emotion: "It turns out that the size of the world is so similar to the size of the world. Is this a coincidence? Or is it some kind of necessity?"

He closed the book, thought for a long time, shook his head, sighed again, and asked, "Shouldn't the younger brothers and sisters who followed you to Min County this time also learn from this textbook? I support it."

"Thank you, sir. That's right, they need to re-learn these basics. You also know that the school capital in Min County does not recognize it, so the world's heroes are still in the school after all, so I hope my juniors and sisters can help me a little bit." Bundle."

"That's good. Like you said, what they learned before was just natural history of observation and description, but now it can be called chemistry. You have already compiled textbooks for other subjects, right?"

Chen Jian nodded and said: "Not all subjects. I can't do it in literature and history classics. For mathematics, the foundation is already there, so there is no need to change the foundation. However, mechanics, natural knowledge, chemistry, simple biology, geography, etc. Things that we can influence are all using newly compiled textbooks. For children, they don't need to know how to use the micro-element method to deduce centripetal force, and then calculate gravitation. They only need to know that gravitation exists. , knowing what force is, what mass is, and the difference between acceleration and velocity."

"But how are you going to teach them?"

"Words. In the subject of chemistry, the brothers and sisters have already accepted these foundations. Just like you, you only need to suddenly realize and master them, and then teach others as a teacher. One pass 72, 72 pass five thousand 180 four, that's all. For example The factories in Min County they are talking about send in cotton and come out with exactly the same cotton cloth. Mr. Teacher, it is just a paid job, no different from a puller in a cotton factory. It is no longer the same as today. The model of disciples. Our party has built a normal school based on these foundations in Min County to directly train young people who accept the foundations of mechanics, common sense of nature, classification of animals and plants, and the theory of chemical particles and electricity, and let them accept our worldview. Pass it on to more people in batches."

Mr. Mu was surprised: "In this way, aren't those young people better than these old guys in the Academy in some subjects?"

Chen Jian said with a smile: "No, it's just strong in Min County, because the capital has not fully accepted such a foundation. The foundation is different, so what's the point of learning more here? Europe also has colleges, but their foundation It's theology, and those young people in Min County won't be recognized there either."

"This is what you call the way of a hundred schools of thought? You want to use the way of Min County School to dismiss the rest?"

"Sir, this Tao is not static, but a method, a method of understanding the world. I believe that the method of dialectical yin and yang, and only material and energy is correct, but the conclusion is not static. If you insist on saying this It is a kind of way, then I can only say this kind of way, it is a method, not an unchangeable conclusion and the words of a sage.”

Chen Jian thought for a while and then said: "Sir, the reason why you only see the conclusion is because you have already mastered this method, so you take it for granted. And these new textbooks seem to teach conclusions and processes, but In fact, what is taught from the beginning to the end is the method, which is the most important thing, and it is also the way in the book. Whether it is the induction and logical deduction I wrote ten years ago, or the dialectic of contradiction between Yin and Yang that we have always believed in Unity, it's all method. The conclusions called 'science' are just appendages of this method, not 'science' itself."

"Tao can be used to spread art. In this way, the method is the Tao, and the conclusion is the art. In addition, the conclusion of 'science' is the Tao, and the technology is the art. I hope that people in the world can understand the original Tao and master it. This way of understanding the world, not just those conclusions. Freedom and liberation for all, this is the first step, and it is also a dream I have never given up on."

Mr. Mu said with emotion: "This is farther than what I thought. It is difficult, and it is against the tradition."

"Also, the kindness of the heart, even though it is almost dead, it still has no regrets. The kindness of the heart changes with the times; but the kindness of the heart remains the same. We inherit the goodness of the heart, nine deaths without regret, That is to truly inherit the spirit of China; but if we inherit the kindness of the heart at that time, it would be pedantic and unable to distinguish the essence of the dross. What was kind hundreds of years ago may not be what should be done now; But hundreds of years ago, the kindness of the heart and the nine deaths without regret are still praised today. Between the skin and the bones, it is not a tradition to sacrifice the bones for the skin."

Chen Jian bowed his body, saluted and said: "Sir, the road is long and long, and I have no regrets. In fact, I have many names now, but what I want most is to be called Mr., teaching and teaching people to fight for themselves Mister Liberty."

"Son, your disciples may still have such thoughts, but what about your reincarnated disciples? And countless descendants who will misinterpret all these in the future? What you want is too difficult, and I'm afraid you will never be able to do it. I want Although it is far away, at least everyone does not need to participate, and sometimes leftovers are fine.”

"Sir, you must have seen the Archimedes spiral that I brought back from Europe after circumnavigating the world. When we shrunk down to the size of an ant, we thought we were going further up, southeast, northwest, but in fact we ended up going up. You What I'm hoping for, what I'm hoping for, is up there, the future. But we can try to make this spiral a bit steeper, at least try."

"That's why I don't give you words. To try means to use people to try. This is not growing wheat, nor is it compounding and decomposing."

"All over the world, everyone is trying. The ancient priests tried to build a better future, the chiefs tried to build a better future, the kings tried, the priests of Europe tried, the Asians tried You have tried it, and those big merchants and factory owners in Min County are also eager to try. In fact, they have been trying, but no one has said that they are trying. Not to mention, the Jesuits are now trying to establish the Jesuit State in the south, and the Ming Empire is in the south. He Xinyin, a Confucian scholar, is trying to establish a clan commune. Merchants in the Netherlands are trying to establish a money power parliamentary inter-provincial republic. European Protestants in tropical islands are trying to establish a Puritan order. Catholicism is trying to Focusing on rebuilding the order of the world so as not to perish the world, Dahuang City is trying to establish a wasteland reclamation cooperative, Wangbei City is trying to republic, big families are trying to rebuild patriarchal guilds, Min County is trying to be free and unrestrained... This is an era of experimentation, the old era It's like the clouds under the rainbow, which are about to disperse, and everyone is trying to figure out what the new era will look like."

Chen Jian saluted again and said: "Sir, I also want to study more problems, but this era is not the era of hiding in the academy regardless of age. Everything has changed, the old must be outdated, but what should the new one be like?" ? It’s not that I want to try, but I was involved. If you don’t try, you can only follow others, and the foundation is set by others. If you want to set the foundation, you have to pay the price.”

"cost?"

"Yes, the price. Sir, since the founding of the academy, not counting those who were involved in the chaos of the capital at the beginning, but those who died from new gas, herbs, ores, etc., 490 seven people. There are not many people who cough and poison their bodies. This is the price. And the price is that the whole world has to use our shorthand for chlorine, sodium, hydrofluoric acid, phosphorus, etc., And the names introduced after each abbreviation. As you are now, you have been coughing, but do you regret the price you paid?"

"But it's my own choice."

"That's right, people's freedom and liberation are also their own choices. Who can force others to want it? It's just that no one has ever thought about it. We just tell people that people can be free. It's not that they don't want to choose, but I didn’t have the opportunity to choose it, and I didn’t know the choice, so it sounds a bit scary at this time. Just like the new glycerin explosives, it’s not that the people who killed before didn’t want to use it, but they didn’t have the opportunity to use it before. Wouldn’t this thing explode? It’s just a different form of bombing. We didn’t put explosives underneath. The explosives were installed by others. We just provided a new type of explosives to turn the black powder that was originally buried into mines. Mercury acid and glycerin dynamite."

Chapter 72 Preface

The old man was silent, thinking about these words, and faintly felt that if a monstrous fire ignited, it would be wrong to blame the flame itself instead of the arsonist.

It's just that he's getting old, and he doesn't have the energy to read those brochures that are so popular in the market.

Facing the disciple whom he loves and who is mixed with a special emotion, the old man said in a rare joking tone: "You have chosen the most tiring road. In fact, you can live a very good life, a legend, a very happy life. Stunning, fame and fortune. After sailing around the world, open factories, do charity, occasionally write articles, in leisure time, the young girl summer attracts the noble lady, in autumn she sheds a few sentimental tears, and in the winter the stove teaches disciples. After a hundred years, she is still called people envy."

Chen Jian giggled and said after a long while: "I am enjoying it. Human labor is to realize self-worth, but now labor is alienated into the compulsion of survival and money. Working for what you like is happiness. Yes. It is said that Zifeiyu and Anzhi Yuzhile are probably like this. I just hope that one day everyone’s labor will be for the career they like instead of money for survival.”

"Hahaha...cough cough cough..."

The old man laughed and coughed, and kept waving his hands to signal that Chen Jian didn't need to help him beat his back. Laughing and coughing together squeezed out the tears from the corners of his eyes, and it took him a long time to take out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of his eyes.

"I can't see that day anymore. Your younger brothers and younger sisters talk about society, fairness, and freedom all day long. These are all popular things among the upper-class young people in the capital. Words such as particles of all things, it seems that it is not enough to sit in the circle without saying these. Now I am most afraid of hearing words such as particles of all things. After all, people are old and think about the indestructibility of matter. Eat it up and return it to this world, there is nothing left, and I am still a little scared. When I was young, I didn't believe in the soul the most, but now I wish it really existed, but I have a disciple like you, and let us old people dream of the last bit. It's all broken."

Chen Jian also smiled and said: "Then I will give you a set of longevity materials, a set of metal, hard to be rusted, and light longevity materials that are not yet available, and a glass frame is embedded in it, so that bugs will eat it if they want to eat it." Can't get in."

"Forget it, come from the world, go to the world, turn it into fertilizer and give back the vegetation and food that have supported me for decades. Let me tell you, when the time comes, you and your brothers and sisters will plant trees on my grave." Peach trees, when they are waiting to produce peaches, you eat the peaches. According to what you said, matter is immortal. The tree eats me, and a peach grows. When you eat the peach, it grows into your own flesh. Be an eye, to know the world; a brain, to explain the world; a hand, to change the world. You put me in an airtight box, I don't like it, separate from the world and don't participate in it , What is the difference between leaving this world forever? Just like the grains grown in your Great Deserted City, most of them will become moldy, but you can’t participate in the world, and you don’t even have money. If you want to open up, participate in the eternal movement And cycle, you can be eternal."

After the old man finished speaking, he picked up the pen, took a sip of herbal tea to suppress the itchy throat that wanted to cough, stabilized his wrist and swiped on a piece of paper, and wrote what he just said in the book "Chemical Combination". On the title page of "And Decomposition New Textbook".

When a person is about to die, write a preface with a pen.

What you have realized in your life must be extremely good.

Chen Jian took the paper with wet ink on it, feeling sad in his heart, and faintly wanted to talk to the old man about the world, but in the end he bit the tip of his tongue hard and turned thousands of words into salutes that the old man didn't care about.

He knew what the old man wanted, and he could give it to him, but he could only pretend that he didn't understand the pain and turned it into a whisper.

"Sir, I'm going now."

"Go. How long will it take you to come again, not counting my death?"

If the husband dies, the disciples must come to express their condolences, but the old man wants to see Chen Jian again before this must come, because it means that the debate can be over, and it also means that he can die before he dies. Learn more about the world.

"Three years. After three years, no matter what the outcome of this matter is, I will definitely come to the capital again."

"That's good. People always come slower than swan geese. I just need to look at the wind direction in the capital to know the result of the debate three years later. If this matter has been kept low-key, and the topic is changed to other things If you pay attention, you are going to lose; if the wind suddenly changes overnight and the issue is heated up like boiling oil splashed with cold water, then you are going to win.”

Chen Jian said frankly: "Sir, he sees clearly. He is not as rich as us, not as organized as we are, not as influential as us, and not as good as the reputation I have accumulated in the past ten years. When did you hear that I was already suppressed by other things?" If the topic of transfer becomes lively again, it proves that your disciple will come back with a victorious posture."

"This is a bit shameless. Hahahaha."